UMANSKY v. ABC INS. CO.

No. 2007AP385.

769 N.W.2d 1 (2009)

2009 WI 82

Harold UMANSKY, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard Umansky and Thelma Umansky, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Respondents, v. ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Barry Fox, Defendant-Respondent-Cross-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-cross-appellant-petitioner the cause was argued by John J. Glinski, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

For the plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellants there was a brief filed by J. Michael Riley, Timothy M. Barber, and Axley Brynelson, LLP, Madison, and oral argument by J. Michael Riley.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by James Olson and Lawton & Cates, SC, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Association for Justice.


¶ 1 N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

This is a review of a published court of appeals decision1 that reversed a grant of summary judgment for the petitioner and remanded the case to the circuit court. This wrongful death case concerns a claim by cross-respondents (the Umanskys) that Barry Fox (Fox), the director of facilities for Camp Randall Stadium, negligently caused the death of Richard Umansky (Umansky) by failing to enforce a specific...

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